Blessé au combat
Lt A. M. Young
Service No.
CDN52
Company:
A
Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No).
Canadian Army
Date Wounded:
Friday, 09 June 1944
Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.)
Possibly wounded in attack on Cambes
Lieutenant Allister McLellan Young was born in August 1913 in Manitoba, Canada. He and his family's race were described as 'Scotch' so fitting he served with a Scottish unit.
Allister was a CANLoan officer, serving with the British Army. (He originally served with the Royal Canadian Medical Corps).
Joined the 1st KOSB on 15 April 1944
Wounded in June and looks like didn't return to his Unit until 1st August. *There's a document saying he came back from the 32RHU (a place where reinforcements/return to units stayed until time to go back).
Received the Commander-In-Chiefs Certificate in June 1945. Also the Silver Star in 1946. Left to return to Canada in July 1945.
He died in 1970, aged 57. His FindaGrave page is here
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